Especially for Preschool Teachers
There
is no greater joy than watching young children discover
the wonders of the world. Preschool
teachers play a critical role in this process.
Preschool is a time for curiosity, discovery, fun and play, and imagining. At the same time, young children are very capable of building a powerful foundation that will prepare them for academic success.
Our website and products are designed to help preschool teachers, and others, get the most out of the preschool years by combining the wonder of play and excitement of discovery with the development of important academic skills. There are a few areas that are key to building this foundation. For each area, follow the link to find more information and products.
- Letters and sounds- Learn letters very fluently; upper and lower case, quickly and accurately, recognize letters from different fonts and sizes
- Understanding how print works- How to hold a book, why we have books, what are books, direction of print and pages, understand that they can learn to read and write, print is everywhere
- Learn basic sight words- There are about 30 high frequency words that preschoolers should recognize by the time they go to kindergarten including their own names, colors, environmental print (McDonalds) etc.
- Exploring the ability to write- Develop motor skills and hand strength, gain a concept of themselves as a writer, learn to write their own name
- Be able to hear, recognize and manipulate sounds of language- Develop skills in breaking sentences into words, breaking words into syllables, breaking syllables into onset and rime, and rhyming.
- Oral language and vocabulary- expanding their vocabulary, understanding concepts, increasing their ability to express themselves using higher level language structure.
- Science and social studies- Developing concepts of how the world works.
- Math- Build and use a mental number line, master rote counting (counting in order, forwards and backwards), one to one correspondence (be able to touch and count pennies or m&m’s), cardinality (how many), adjacent values (what is next to 7? 6&8), basic Shapes, number recognition.
Preschool teachers work hard, and we want to help you to be able to teach all of these things easily and effectively without any gaps. We understand that teachers are very busy. Our products are easy to use with minimal preparation time needed. (most activities require no preparation time.) Our research-based products are fun and engaging, full of music and games.
Let’s work together helping children succeed. Use our information and look at our products and let us know about your successes and your struggles and together we can help every child succeed.
